ampersands: Do not to use an ampersand in place of the word and in text unless it is an official part of a name: Udvar-Hazy School of Business and School of Communication, Public Relations and Marketing Department, but AT&T.

C

comma. Do not use a serial comma in a series of more than two items unless it is necessary to clarify the meaning.

D

dates, days. Follow campus and AP guidelines under “dates,” “months” and “days of the week” entries. When referencing a range of years, such as an academic year, use only the last two digits of the closing year, e.g. 2016-17. When using the name of a day, set the date within commas: On Wednesday, Oct. 5, she will appear ... use cardinals, not ordinal numbers: Oct. 5 (not Oct. 5th).

department/unit names. Follow campus guidelines for formatting details that are located within the “campus departments and units” heading under the "names" entry. SAMC style guidelines under this topic are focused on requests by campus departments and units to be referenced in a specific manner. Please use this list as your location of record for these considerations:

Student Housing and Dining Services (4/20/17)

Memorial Union (4/20/17)

Freeborn Plaza (4/20/17)

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headlines. Headlines should be in title case, regardless of any punctuation, with designers allowed discretion to use alternative formatting. Punctuation, apart from commas and question marks, should not be included in headlines.

I

internet. Lowercase, unless it is the first word in a sentence.

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lists. Lists should always use bullets, not dashes, hyphens or asterisks, with parallel construction used for all entries. For example, if one entry is a complete sentence with punctuation, then all entries should be presented as complete sentences; if one entry is a sentence fragment opening with a verb, then all entries should be a fragment opening with a verb.

time. When referencing ante-meridiem or post-meridiem on fliers or posters, use uppercase type without periods, e.g. "AM" and "PM". In all other instances, follow campus guidelines: Per AP, always use figures, except with noon and midnight; use lowercase type and periods, but no spaces, with “a.m.” and “p.m.”: 11 a.m., 3:30 p.m., 3:30 that afternoon, noon, midnight, 10–11 a.m. (use an en dash for ranges), 10 a.m.–3 p.m., from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. See the AP Stylebook’s “times” and “time of day” entries.

titles. Follow campus guidelines: In general, capitalize formal or courtesy titles—president, chancellor, professor, senator—before names of individuals, and lowercase formal titles following names of individuals. Lowercase descriptive or occupational titles—teacher, attorney, history professor, department chair—in all cases. (Note that professor alone stands as a formal title and warrants capitalization—an exception to AP—but "history professor" is, like "math teacher," an occupation, and should be lowercased.) When lowercased adjectives are added to titles before a name, lowerase them all.

Additionally, academic titles should not recognize candidacy, e.g. master’s candidate. Only earned degrees should be included in academic titles. Please refer to thelistsentry regarding consistency when presenting a listing of individuals with degrees.

toward. Not towards.

U

under way. Two words.

URLs.Follow campus guidelines. Additionally, these should be written in all lowercase, without “www,” “http://” or a terminal slash. Do not use the phrase, “click here” when referencing URLs. Instead, form the sentence to support inclusion of a hyperlink.